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Legitimisation of Land Wars as a Form of Organised Crime: A Review of Extant Literature

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Organised crime is an old and complex phenomenon that dates back to the existence of human beings as members of diverse communities, collectively known as society. Using the contours of land as an invaluable asset in human history, this chapter problematises the dynamics of access to, acquisition and ownership of land from the lens of organised crime. It focuses on the African continent, thus examples are drawn different African countries to illustrate the concept of organised crime at work. To do this, Albini’s Patron-client theory and Smith’s Enterprise theory are used to aid the analysis. The findings show that land wars are triggered by an assortment of factors. In sanitising the immorality of greed-driven land wars, legal instruments and frameworks are used to legitimise the collusive swindle.

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Milos, A.T. (2021). Legitimisation of Land Wars as a Form of Organised Crime: A Review of Extant Literature. In: Chitonge, H., Harvey, R. (eds) Land Tenure Challenges in Africa. Economic Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82852-3_15

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